哥斯达黎加 (Gē sī dá Lí jiā) — Costa Rica

Definition

noun
Costa Rica

Examples

  • 哥斯达黎加。
    Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Gē sī dá Lí jiā lǚ yóu.
    I plan to travel to Costa Rica next year.
  • 哥斯达黎加。
    Gē sī dá Lí jiā Yǐ měi lì de zì rán fēng guāng wén míng.
    Costa Rica is famous for its beautiful natural scenery.
  • 哥斯达黎加，。
    Gē sī dá Lí jiā De kā fēi pǐn zhì hěn hǎo, chū kǒu dào hěn duō guó jiā.
    The quality of coffee in Costa Rica is very good, and it is exported to many countries.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 哥 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
大
大dà达dá
Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

Open 达 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
黍黍shǔmillet
Sound part声符shēngfú
利
利lì黎lí
Same sound today

黎 pairs 黍, meaning millet, with 利 as its sound part; here the 黍 part is shortened.

Open 黎 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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Appears in
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